1173. "When the Church keeps the memorials of martyrs and other SAINTS during the annual cycle, she proclaims the Paschal mystery in those 'who have suffered and have been glorified with Christ. She proposes them to the faithful as examples who draw all men to the Father through Christ, and through their merits she begs for God's favors.'[SC 104; cf. SC 108, 111.]"

1195. "By keeping the memorials of the SAINTS - first of all the holy Mother of God, then the apostles, the martyrs, and other SAINTS - on fixed days of the liturgical year, the Church on earth shows that she is united with the liturgy of heaven. She gives glory to Christ for having accomplished his salvation in his glorified members; their example encourages her on her way to the Father."

2005. "Since it belongs to the supernatural order, grace escapes our experience and cannot be known except by faith. We cannot therefore rely on our feelings or our works to conclude that we are justified and saved.[Cf. Council of Trent (1547): DS 1533-1534.] However, according to the Lord's words 'Thus you will know them by their fruits'[Mt 7:20 .] - reflection on God's blessings in our life and in the lives of the SAINTS offers us a guarantee that grace is at work in us and spurs us on to an ever greater faith and an attitude of trustful poverty.
A pleasing illustration of this attitude is found in the reply of St. Joan of Arc to a question posed as a trap by her ecclesiastical judges: 'Asked if she knew that she was in God's grace, she replied: 'If I am not, may it please God to put me in it; if I am, may it please God to keep me there.''[Acts of the trial of St . Joan of Arc.]"

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2416. "Animals are God's creatures. He surrounds them with his providential care. By their mere existence they bless him and give him glory.[Cf. Mt 6:26 ; Dan 3:79-81 .] Thus men owe them kindness. We should recall the gentleness with which SAINTS like St. Francis of Assisi or St. Philip Neri treated animals. "